The place of poetry cannot be overestimated in the culture; it has always been considered the highest art, and many epic poems by celebrated authors such as Rumi, Attar, and Saadi include retellings of traditional tales.

Like so many modern seekers who are looking for a direct experience of the Divine, beyond dogma and the exclusive claims of tradition, we have been profoundly inspired in our journey by the mystical poetry of the universal poets of humanity such as Rumi, Hafiz, Kabir, St. John of the Cross, and Walt Whitman.